I've been a bit distracted at work, so I've asked my manager for a trillion dollars in exchange for doing my job

As #WorldVentil8Day 2025 is only 3 days away here’s a little reminder of some ventilation tips I gave last year 👇

What an excellent day at the UK Indoor Air: Research at the Science–Policy Interface conference: I am sad to miss the second day! It is unthinkable to me that an event with this much focused UK research on indoor air quality (and momentum!) would exist without the Clean Air Programme.

We're hiring! 🥳 Come and join our team in Lancaster - we're looking for two senior postdocs to work on corporate sustainability and restoration ecology. 🌳 🪸 ♻️ (1 of 2) @lec-reefs.bsky.social @pentlandcentre.bsky.social @sci-tech-lancaster.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social

Still time to sign up for our free webinar for World Ventilate Day 2025. We’ll be introducing new research networks and discussing how to deliver better ventilation and IAQ for everyone. 7th Nov 12-1pm, sign up at www.eventbrite.com/e/world-vent...

It is unreasonable.. "to blame household air quality issues on lifestyle choices when so many factors are outside an occupant’s control." @douglasbooker.bsky.social from the Clean Air Programme et al writes on indoor environmental justice and Awaab's Law. theconversation.com/who-controls...

Looking forward to joining this co-organised webinar for World Ventil8 Day!

As an alumni of Syracuse University, it's appalling that they are capitulating against a right-wing campaign against Professor Farhana Sultana for exercising her first amendment rights. Do consider signing this letter calling on Syracuse University to reinstate her docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Awaab's Law requires social housing associations to urgently address damp & mould that presents significant risk of harm to tenants. @douglasbooker.bsky.social (Civil Engineering) argues that it stops short of addressing other causes of poor indoor air quality. theconversation.com/who-controls...

Cool @uniofbradford.bsky.social / @bihr.bsky.social event as part of the Bradford Science Festival: get down to @mediamuseum.bsky.social to see if you can catch the Bradford Air Bandits!

The Clean Air Champions team spent a brilliant away day aboard the SS Shieldhall! 🚢 Lots of sea air, good conversations, and fresh ideas for the year ahead. Big thanks to the Shieldhall crew for making it such a great day! 🌊💨 #CleanAir #TeamAwayDay #Southampton

As Awaab's law takes effect, @douglasbooker.bsky.social and colleague at the Universities of York and Cardiff draw on their recent research to highlight the difficulties that private renters also face in improving indoor #airquality. theconversation.com/who-controls...

It's often said that an English person's home is their castle... but how much control do we actually have over the air we breathe at home? Awaab's Law comes into effect today! In this @uk.theconversation.com article, we write about what it does —and does not— mean for improving indoor air quality.

The ability to improve air quality in your home depends less on personal behaviour and more on who owns the building.

It’s only 17 days until #WorldVentil8Day 2025 on 8th Nov. What are you going to do to champion the importance of ventilation and how we can better #CollaborateToVentilate www.worldventil8day.com

It is often said that an English person's home is their castle... but how much control do we actually have over the air we breathe at home? In this @uk.theconversation.com article, we write about the upcoming Awaab's Law, and what it does —and does not— mean for improving indoor air quality.

We’re recruiting to the CHILI Hub project! Three year postdoc opportunity to work on net zero and health in schools using both data and qualitative approaches. Closing date 20th Nov and drop me or @douglasbooker.bsky.social a line if you have questions jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Funded PhD opportunity with the CHILI Hub! (www.chili.ac.uk). The project will use systems thinking approaches to understand barriers in the delivery of Net Zero schools, to optimise heath, environmental, and justice co-benefits. Info here: lnkd.in/egz9bJ-N Get in touch: [email protected]

🚨 call for abstracts still open until Monday! @rscecg.bsky.social #AQ21

Every country with English expat populations should retaliate.

We've received our first batch of abstracts but there's still time to apply to present at this December's air pollution conference at the Royal Society of Chemistry. Closing date is 20th October. Details, along with the abstract template and registration are at: www.rsc.org/events/detai...

Spot the indoor air quality monitors (including a new one I am particularly excited about)

"Something as simple as breathing in shared indoor spaces has become a barrier to accessibility and inclusion for millions of people, and it's time to change that!"

I may have found my defining quote. Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!

It’s also incredibly lovely for those that are left behind to have a playlist to listen to. I still regularly listen to my mum’s playlist “For Emily” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Solidarity to these colleagues. Will professional bodies like AAG or RGS speak up, even if universities bend the knee?

I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday. As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.

Noni Madueke…

Brazil sending the world a lesson about how you should deal with those that seek to undermine democracy

No takers? To be fair I wasn't that wild on it either...

Are you from a Commonwealth country & interested in studying for a PhD on air quality & environmental justice? If so please get in touch to discuss your project ideas: [email protected] Info on my research: eps.leeds.ac.uk/civil-engine... Scholarship info: cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk/scholarships...

I've been reading a lot of Brazilian literature and recently picked up Paulo Coelho's 'The Alchemist' in a charity shop for £1 It's part of World Book Night 2012, and the idea is to read it and pass it on, so... if you're based in the UK and want it, let me know and I will post it to you!

what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.

A world that can't stop this genocide doesn't stand a chance of dealing with any of the global challenges we face. Join me in signing this letter - such a simple act. What does it say about your business if it hasn't signed? businessleadersforpeace.com

Had a lovely weekend back in the home city of Oxford frustrating my partner while I ask for pictures next to air quality monitors

Gathering material from old presentations & came across this Actor-Network Theory (ANT) explainer I did for my PhD lab group w/ @pjyng.bsky.social My attempts to explain ANT to atmospheric chemists/mathematicians/data scientists in ~15 mins 🧵 1/12 *look at alt-text on all slides for more info

Exciting!

I FINALLY got around to reading this lovely paper, and it has really motivated me to think more deeply about what a place-based, relational approach to providing healthy homes for people and planet might look like...

If you have any money to spare, please do consider donating to support The Safer Air Project, so that the voices of people facing accessibility and inclusion challenges due to poor indoor air quality can be represented on the global stage at UN Climate Week. @plumskyjam.bsky.social

Last week my great aunt had a family get together and she asked me to put together a 70s / 80s playlist: one week later and Pet Shop Boys - It’s a Sin is still in my head, so now it must be in yours… m.youtube.com/watch?v=dRHe...

I have been — slowly — working my way through all 214 of the Lake District Wainwrights. Here is me from earlier this week on number 100. Just a few more to go...

We are currently recruiting for a 1 year PDRA to support our new EPSRC Micronetwork plus - Air Hub. The network is considering: What are the constituents of PM2.5 indoors, what are the health impacts, and what should we do about it? www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOF471/r...

RIP Michel Callon. Callon's work (in particular his paper on scallops - journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...) really opened my eyes into the agency of non-humans, which has massively informed my research.

The Center for the sociology of innovation learned with great sadness that Michel Callon has passed away. A graduate of the École des Mines, Michel joined the center in the late 1960s and was its director from 1982 to 1994.

Why should statehood depend on the actions of another sovereign nation? Someone please explain because this makes no sense to me www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...

Delighted to be part of this project investigating the impact of retrofit on indoor air, health, economy, & environment. I'm looking at how residents & stakeholders experienced the retrofit, & exploring contextual factors which impact implementation & outcomes borninbradford.nhs.uk/news/new-bra...

Current mood

CHLOE KELLYYYYYY

Current mood

What in the over-engineered, capitalist nonsense is this!? Just give us a bloody water fountain